OBJECTIVE To analyse the effectiveness of hospital-based case management (CM) in terms of patient-reported outcomes. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial allocating participants 1 : 1 to either a CM intervention or a control group. Allocation status was evident to participants and case managers, but blinded to researchers. SETTING Patients were recruited at a Danish surgical department where ...

OBJECTIVES Quality of life (QoL) has been recognized as an important postoperative outcome. Despite the growing interest in this topic, there is almost no information about the daily use of QoL questionnaires within European Society of Thoracic Surgery (ESTS). The aim of this paper is to present the results of a survey launched to know the current practice of collecting and using QoL data withi...

Abstract Background An important challenge for health systems worldwide is to ensure that professionals can carry out their mission treat, rehabilitate and prevent diseases safely. The Patient Measure of Safety (PMOS) questionnaire an instrument allows the systematic collection patients' feedback about care understand assess level safety in hospital. PMOS-30 was recently developed as shorter ve...

AIM OF THE STUDY The evaluation of quality of life during image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) in patients with prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study consisted of 180 prostate cancer patients treated with radical radiotherapy (IGRT). The patients were irradiated using conformal or dynamic techniques with 2 Gy fractionation doses to a total dose of 76 Gy. Patients in the high-risk group...

BACKGROUND Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths. Treatment goals are the relief of symptoms and the increase of overall survival. With the rising number of treatment alternatives, the need for comparable assessments of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) parameters grows. The aim of this paper was to identify and describe measurement instruments applied in lung cancer pa...

PURPOSE In this study the reliability and validity of the Korean version of the Cancer Stigma Scale (KCSS) was evaluated. METHODS The KCSS was formed through translation and modification of Cataldo Lung Cancer Stigma Scale. The KCSS, Psychological Symptom Inventory (PSI), and European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire - Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) wer...

BACKGROUND Knowledge of experiences from prostate cancer is sparse in a longitudinal perspective. From a nursing perspective, results from combined qualitative and quantitative studies are lacking however would present the broadest knowledge base for best practice. Present descriptions of medical-physical symptoms such as urinary, bowel and sexual dysfunction from quantitative inquiries need be...